BAYARD It s the final football game of the year for Cobre High School. The Indians will host second-ranked Tularosa in a District 3-2A contest Friday night at 7 p.m.

Head coach Jerry Martinez said he is looking forward to having a great game for his six seniors in their final game of their careers as an Indian, and he also wants to see the Tribe play their best game of the year.

This is our last game of the year, Martinez said of his 3-6 Indians. We are looking to play our best game of the year, and we want this game to be the best of our six seniors careers. They have put a lot into our program, and we want to take that next step as a program Friday night.

Tularosa will come into Bayard at 7-2, being ranked second in one poll and third in another. The Wildcats have losses to Silver and Ruidoso both Class 3A schools who are ranked in the top three.

Offensively, Tularosa plays smash mouth football, Martinez said. They like to overpower you. They have big kids up front and do what they do very well.

Martinez s concern is the running backs and a wide receiver that goes six-foot-four inches tall.

They run and catch the ball very well, Martinez said. We are going to have to contain them and slow them down in order to give us a chance. They can be very explosive.

Last week in the loss against Hatch Valley, the Indians did a very good job defensively. Martinez hopes they have that same kind of play this week.

Defensively, Tularosa will show Cobre a 5-3 scheme.

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They have done some 4-3 looks playing a cover two but Martinez thinks it s because of the teams they played.

We need to come out and have the same kind of start like we had against Hatch Valley last week, Martinez said of his offense. We need to move the ball down the field and score on our opening drive. We need to be consistent for four quarters.